Typhoons, Tempests ...

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7566

source: San Diego Air and Space Museum archives

Hawker Typhoon RCAF

Hawker Tempest V

Hawker Tempest II

Hawker Typhoon 1B

Hawker Typhoons at the Gloster factory at Hucclecote Gloucestershire 16th April 1943

Hawker Typhoon 1B April 1943

Hawker Typhoon 1B

Hawker Typhoon IB Jan 1944

Hawker Tempest MkV of 5012 Squadron RAF in flight July 1944

Hawker Tempest V

Hawker Typhoons IBs from the 56 Squadron RAF

Hawker Typhoon 1B

JDK · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:02 pm

Very nice. Good captions! :wink:

BTW, not '56th Squadron' but 56 Squadron. ('Fifty-Six Squadron', not 'The Fifty-Sixth Squadron'). More detail here, inc. a more detailed caption to that shot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._56_Squadron_RAF

And it's probably worth posting this - the sound of the Napier Sabre engine. Not great quality, but you can appreciate it sounds different to anything else!

http://tempest.nerdnet.nl/tempest.wav

Regards,

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3322

A nice selection Mark, thanks for posting them.

CWBuff · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:14 am **Posts:** 854

Groovy stuff... here's the only Typhoon photo I've ever owned...

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The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:03 am

Interesting selection! I enjoy seeing the evolution of the cockpit access, glazing, engine configurations, and the sprouting of one whale of a dorsal fillet fairing to counteract torque.
I've got the sounds of a NAPIER on something stashed away in my FAVORITES, it's eerie and would fit perfectly being played at a Halloween Party.

Thanks for posting the sound JDK, I'm surprised someone hasn't scrubbed that and gotten rid of the clicks and pops and sharpened the sound to really make your neck hair stand on end.

Again Mark, nice job and thanx bud!!

Jeff H · **Joined:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:33 pm **Posts:** 140

A friend of mine has a friend who flew Typhoons with 434 Sqdn RCAF and 182 Sqdn RAF. I have met him a couple of times and he allowed me to photocopy his log book which includes his entry on his mission where he was shot down while strafing German armour and firing rockets at same, captured by the Germans and then his escape while being moved about.

Jeff :spit

JDK · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:07 am

The Inspector wrote:

Interesting selection! I enjoy seeing the evolution of the cockpit access, glazing, engine configurations, and the sprouting of one whale of a dorsal fillet fairing to counteract torque.

And not forgetting the important one - the transition from the speed-limiting thick Typhoon wing to the laminar-flow Tempest wing.

A good Hawker game is to trace the evolution, type by type, technological addition by addition from the Sopwith Tabloid to the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier.

Regards,

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7566

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No198 Squadron 123 Wing based at RAF Thorney Island

Punisher05 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:55 am

THANK YOU. One of my all-time favorite types, but it never seems to get much love.

Needless to say, I've repopulated the my pictures screensaver here at work...

-Brandon

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7566

438 Squadron 1945

451 Sqn RAAF in Egypt 1943

Hawker Typhoon Ib MN180 at the Gloster factory at Hucclecote Gloucestershire 10th January 1944

Typhoon IBs 198 Sqn RAF at Plumetot July 1944

Hawker Seafury SR661 prototype 1944

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:27 pm

Nice mix, You can tell who's the boss in one photo since he's (Eisenhower) the only one with his hands in his pockets :lol:

Wonder where the shot of 18 * P was taken as the flight line looks pretty mixed and there's a WACO CG-4 on downwind

Aeronut · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:54 pm

Quote:

You can tell who's the boss in one photo since he's (Eisenhower)

And in the shot above that one the relaxed pilot leaning on the tailplane is Roland Beamont.
I'd also suggest that your CG-4 is in fact an AOP Auster.

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:56 am

A great selection of shots there. For the record the aircraft in two different photos marked with the SA squadron codes are from No. 486 (NZ) Squadron.

I'm puzzled by the photo of the pilot on his knees about to strike a bomb with a mallet, while his mate hides behind the oleo. I hope it's a joke photo!

airnutz · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:13 pm

Dave Homewood wrote:

A great selection of shots there. For the record the aircraft in two different photos marked with the SA squadron codes are from No. 486 (NZ) Squadron.

Also, EK183 is the mount of a Kiwi. 56 Squadron Leader Thomas Henry Vincent Pheloung from Oamaru, N.Z. who perished due to flak during an attack on a German convoy near the Netherlands, 20 June 1943 aboard EK174.

John Dupre · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:59 pm

One of my favorite types especially the Tempest Mk V. Seems like it would be a good candidate for a scale replica. Any number of engine types could be hidden under that big cowling.

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